Cold wave hits North India
Cold wave conditions have returned to North India. Shimla experienced its coldest night in four years yesterday with the mercury settling at minus 3.3 deg C, five notches below normal. Our Correspondent reports that all roads beyond Shimla were blocked due to heavy snow while traffic to Manali, Dharamshala and Chail was disrupted because of slippery roads.
The Kashmir Valley is also in the grip of an intense cold wave with the temperature coming to a record low of minus 16.1 deg C in Pahalgam, resulting in partial freezing of the Dal lake and other water bodies in Jammu and Kashmir.
Winds brought back chill in the air in the national capital Delhi with the day temperature dropping to 18.2 deg C, three degrees below normal.
The Cold wave claimed has two more lives in Uttar Pradesh, one each in Hardoi and Devria. More from our correspondent;
Uttarakhand continues to be in the grip of severe cold wave following snowfall and wide spread rain. Railway has started special telephone service to provide information about late running of trains due to fog.
The minimum temperature in most parts of Punjab and Haryana also plummeted by upto three deg C.
All schools in Bihar reopened today following following improvement in weather conditions. Patna recorded a minimum temperature of 9.4 degree Celsius.
The Kashmir Valley is also in the grip of an intense cold wave with the temperature coming to a record low of minus 16.1 deg C in Pahalgam, resulting in partial freezing of the Dal lake and other water bodies in Jammu and Kashmir.
Winds brought back chill in the air in the national capital Delhi with the day temperature dropping to 18.2 deg C, three degrees below normal.
The Cold wave claimed has two more lives in Uttar Pradesh, one each in Hardoi and Devria. More from our correspondent;
Uttarakhand continues to be in the grip of severe cold wave following snowfall and wide spread rain. Railway has started special telephone service to provide information about late running of trains due to fog.
The minimum temperature in most parts of Punjab and Haryana also plummeted by upto three deg C.
All schools in Bihar reopened today following following improvement in weather conditions. Patna recorded a minimum temperature of 9.4 degree Celsius.
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